Cricket ump wants undies kept off statue

UPI News Service, 01/17/2011

Famed British cricket umpire Dickie Bird is asking officials in his hometown to prevent pranksters from hanging underwear from his statue.

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Bird, 77, is asking Barnsley, England, officials to raise the plinth of the statue erected in his honor by a few feet to place it out of reach of underwear-wielding youngsters, The Mirror reported Monday.

The 6-foot-tall statue, erected in 2009, has frequently been adorned with bras and underpants hanging from its outstretched finger.